I've seen enough evidence over the years (including when we were in the National Leagues) to know that Thaler is not an impartial ref.

I bet youv'e won every match he has officiated for you

Penalty count was extremely low. Mr T hardly gave any penalties and what he gave were correct. He let the game flow - as he has done all season.

I'm sure that you lot are correct when saying that we were offside quite a lot. I'm also convinced that your team were far from angels and were also offside. However, being seated in the £20dump I have no way of telling.

Our holding down waas shorter than most teams - and KR held down just as long/short.

The tackling issue has been all the way to Mr Cummings. Even Boots & All has done a feature on it. Nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing.

From what I have seen of Mr Thaler this season [twice before today he treated us no different to the opposition, & the opposition no different to us. He lets the game flow - none of your stop/start Mr Ganson stuff - ignores the 'minor' offences but pulls up the 'major' ones.

He is by far the best referee I've seen for a long time.

vs Wakefield he awarded them a penalty try because "he saw it that sam obst (4ft and a peanut) would have outjumped chaz i'anson (6ft+) to a ball in the air.

vs Huddersfield he was an absolute disgrace to rugby league. How he had the cheek to pull us for offside after more or less EVERY play they were offside. And not one head high was pulled, and I'm not even gonna comment on forward passes, cos I'll be talking forever

These are just two of the matches where he has been woeful, I'd rather have that french ref than him, and that is saying somethin

Ganson's performance in the derby on friday was hardly stop start, think the only penalty rovers got was a techinical one from the kick off going out on the full. And hull got five I think.

And your last comment is an absolute ridiculous statement

Precisely.

Maybe that could be down to Hull being very disciplined on Friday??

Didn't Morgan say last season that he has not time for people who criticised the refs in public. The he goes on a real cry baby rant about Thaler



Just like Cooke/Rea all over again.

Mr double standards strikes again.

Is it just me or are the refs getting worse?

Mr Alibert was again shocking at Saints yesterday, not just in the decisions that went against us but also the decisions that went for us. I literally dont think he knows the rules.

Well done Justin for having the balls to say something

The game is progressing fast but refs seem to be stuck in a time warp.

Its nowt to do with balls, this outburst (reminiscent of his post-match reaction at Whitehaven in 2006) does him no credit whatsoever. There is a time & a place for these statements, and its not in front of the press.

It just looks like sour grapes, and lumps him with Phil Brown in the bad loser stakes.